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Aoife O’Donovan “All My Friends”

March 19, 2024 Chas Lacey 0
Grand-scale choral and orchestral project paying tribute to the American suffragists. It’s election year in the USA and it looks like there’ll be at least another four years to wait for the first female president. ‘All […]
Tracks

Aoife O’Donovan and Anaïs Mitchell “Over the Finish Line” – Democracy or Dictatorships. Hmm… what to do

March 18, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1
On this new song from Aoife O’Donovan – featuring additional vocals from Anaïs Mitchell – the message couldn’t really be starker: “America’s bleeding / We’re watching her die / Fire and blood on the screens.”  It […]
News

Aoife O’Donovan announces new album “All My Friends”

January 10, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan has announced her upcoming solo album “All My Friends”, set for release on March 22 via Yep Roc. The 9-song collection – O’Donovan’s first self-produced LP – is inspired by the […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: The Long Road Festival, Lutterworth, Leics – 25th-27th August 2023

September 6, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0
The Long Road Festival took place over the August Bank Holiday weekend at Stanford Hall near Lutterworth on the border of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.  In addition to the music on show the event also features a […]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Aoife O’Donovan “Beekeeper” – FreshGrass Festival, North Adams, MA, September 2019

July 14, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0
Three hours driving due west from Boston where Massachusetts borders New York and Vermont lies North Adams. Here, in and around a 19th century textile printing factory converted into the thriving Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, […]

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Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland + Colin Andrew, The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 13th May 2026

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Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Oh, The Joy of Life!”

May 29, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this sweltering week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Drew Danburry’s Icarus Phoenix outfit which he describes as “an upbeat fiendishly danceable song about […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland + Colin Andrew, The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 13th May 2026

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When Kiefer Sutherland strode onto the stage at Norwich’s Adrian Flux Waterfront, the response from the packed crowd was immediate and thunderous. There was no slow build into the evening: Sutherland and his outstanding band launched […]
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Jim Keller releases first ever European vinyl retrospective called “Vinylly!”

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You see what he did there? Multi-talented singer, songwriter, and musician Jim Keller is to release Vinylly!, a collection of 14 of his finest songs from the last 15 years, and his first-ever European vinyl release. […]

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  • Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland + Colin Andrew, The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 13th May 2026
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  • Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car
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Interviews

Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

May 29, 2026 0
To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
Interviews

Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

May 27, 2026 0
If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]
Interviews

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]

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A personal appreciation of Craig Pickering

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I wrote an article for AUK in February 2020 regarding the Norths Staffs ‘Up in Arms’ venue – or Biddulph Folk Club as it once was.  This was part of a series of articles about supporting […]
Features

2023 – Americana and me… There really is gold on the horizon

December 13, 2023 0
Looking back at my review of 2022 this year’s theme is much the same. Lots of great music but an ongoing concern about the future, especially that of live music. Moles Club in Bath closed the […]
Album Reviews

Ron Sexsmith “Hangover Terrace”

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An album filled with melancholic pop-folk and baroque elegance, ranging from warm acoustic nostalgia to articulate social commentary. The title for Ron Sexsmith’s 18th album is based on jokes his drummer, Don Kerr, made as they […]

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